Shoe-fastener



'0. M. 000K. SHOE FASTENER. APPLICATION. min 1AN. 21, 1919.-

Patentedvug. 3, 1920.,

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suon-FASTENE'R v Laaefea Specification of e-tters Patent. Patented Aug. 3, 31920.

Application led January 21, 1919. Serial No. 272,378.l

ToV all 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES M. (500K, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rochester, in the county of Straiford and State vof New Hampshire, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.D This invention relates to shoes, and more particularly to fasteners therefor.

The object of the invention is to provide an improvement on what is known on the market as the Plako fastener, in which a slider is used to quickly' open or close the ployed.

Another object .is tovprovide a combined" the slider against downward movement.

With the foregoing and other objects inview, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the-com- -bination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes .in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be made vwithin the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 represents '-a front elevation of the front portion of a shoe upper taken from the outside -showing the slider for the closure in the act of being raised to operative closing position, f

Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the front portion of a shoe upper taken from the inside with the tongue in operative position and broken off to show its slider locking means carried thereby in operative engagement with the slider, Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2,- and i Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 2 showing a slightly different application. ofthe invention.

Tn the embodiment illustrated, a portion of a shoe upper U isshown having a plied e0 thereto the closure C known as the lako shoe in connection with which it is em.

` fastener, and which is operated by a slider 1 for opening and closing the shoe. A chain 2 is connected with the s lider for operating it, and said slider has mounted thereon an aperture 3 which constitutes a part of this invention, and is vdesigned to be engaged by a stud 5 which projects laterally from a platee, shown secured in Figs. 1,"2 and 3, to the shoe tongue T at its upper end. This platea is fastened to thev tongueby .any suitable' means, being here shown iaperturedand sewed to the tongue. When the closure is in the position shown in Fig. 2 for fastening the shoe upper, the stud 5 of plate 4 is entered into the aperture 3 of the slider 1 and operates to hold the tongue against lateral movement as well as to hold the slider against downward movement which oftentimes occurs, and thus accidentally unl fastens the shoe.

-In Fig. 4 the plate 4; carrying the stud 5 is carried by a flap 6 attached to the shoe upper at one side of the closure and which is designed. to be engaged with the aperture 3 inthe slider and holds saidlslider against release in the samemanner as the plate. 4: shown in the other figures does.

This device, while very simple in construction and cheap to manufacture overcomes the objectionable feature 'of the Plako fastener, and prevents much anno ance to the wearer.'

lhe foregoing description and the drawings have reference to what may. be considered the preferred or approved form of myinvention. It is to be understood that I- may make such changes in construction and' arrangement and combination of parts, ma-

terials, dimensions,-etc., as may prove expedient and fall within-the scope of the claimed inventi n. f

Having thus fully described my invention, what Ielaim as newf'and deslre to secure by Letters Patent, is':-

plate and the other on the slider and adapta shoehaving a tongueQof a quick closing shoe fastener havido ed for interlocking engagement to hold the slider in elevated position and the tonguel against lateral movement.

2. A shoe having a tongue with a plate "secured to its upper end on its inner face, a

stud extending laterally from said plate, a fastener for said shoe upper having a slider connected to operate it, said slider having an aperture to receive the stud on the plate carried by the tongue, 'whereby the tongue 10 is held against lateral movement and the slider against downward movement.

In testimonyu whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

' CHARLES M. COOK. Witnesses: y

JOSEPH RUEL, JUSTIN A. EMERY. 

